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Файл:The Legacy and Other Stories (Завещание и другие рассказы). Учебное пособие для студентов бакалавров, изучающих английский язык (второй год обучения),
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1.Whydid theLinnetdecide totell astory?2. The Waterratsays
thathe willlisten tothe story if it isabout him.How doesit characte
rizehim?3.WaslittleHansverydistinguished?4.WhatdidlittleHans
doforaliving?5.DidlittleHanshaveafamily?6.TheMillerwasvery
devotedtolittleHans,wasn’the?7.Whatdidtheneighboursthinkabout
theMillerandlittleHans’sfriendship?8.WhodidtheWifecompareher
husbandwith? 9.Why didn’t theparents liketheir youngest son’sidea
toinvitelittleHanstotheirhouseinwinter?10.WhydidlittleHansneed
tosellowerstotheBurgomaster’sdaughter?11.WhydidlittleHanssell
hispersonalthingsinwinter?Whatdidhesell?12.WastheMillerage
nerousman?13.WhatdidtheMillermakeHansdoinreturnofhiswheel
barrow?14.WasitanactofgenerositywhentheMillerpromisedtogive
littleHanshisbroken wheelbarrow? 15.WhywastheMillera wealthy
man?16.Whydidn’ttheWaterratlikethestoryoftheDevotedFriend?
1. The Waterrat was selfcentered. 2. Family was very impor
tant for the Duck. 3. The Miller’s youngest son was kindhearted.
4.TheWifewasrather sillyandnarrowminded.5.Little Hanswas
a very lonely and unhappy person. 6. The Miller was very selsh.
7.TheMillerexploitslittleHansineveryimaginableway.8.Accor
dingtohisWifetheMillerwasaverythoughtfulfriend.9.LittleHans
wasahardworker.10.LittleHanswasadevotedfriend.11.TheMil
ler was very greedy.12. The Waterrat liked the Miller immensely.
13.LittleHans’sunderstandingoffriendshipwaswrong.14.Therela
tionshipbetweenlittleHansandtheMillerwasunequal.
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disobedientchildren
tooverheartheconversation
tobeledintotemptations
tobehalfafraid
tobeinverygoodrepair
totroubleone’sheadaboutsmth говоритьоткровенноскемлибо
todistress нивкоемслучае
topayattentiontosmb поручение
sorrowfully сочувствовать,сострадать
forthewholeworld бытьбездельникомилилентяем
onnoaccount обращатьвниманиенакоголибо
anerrand ломатьголовунадчемлибо
tobeidleorsluggish сгрустью,печально
tospeakplainlytosmb тревожить,причинятьстрадание
tohavesympathy низачтонасвете
tocryinacheeryvoice
tobeagreatprivilege
toconsoleoneselfbythe
reection
tofalloffaladder
tobeagreatlosstoeveryone
devoted sincere true loyal
thoughtful caring sympathetic notorious
linnet duck Waterrat Canary
gillyower Shepherd’spie Shepherd’spurse violet
unselsh disloyal disobedient untrue
1.Истиннаядружбасвободнаотвсякогоэгоизма.2.Явсегда
лучшеработаюпослетого,каквыпьючашечкукофе.3.Ябылего
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лучшимдругом,поэтомусправедливостьтребует,чтобымнепри
надлежалопервоеместо.4.Нивкоемслучаенестоитоткровен
ничатьсней.Онаизвестнаясплетница!5.Закоренелыйхолостяк
тот,ктоневеритвсемейныеценности.6.Гансдолголомалголову
надтем,какбыпочинитьстаруютачку.7.Гердаспросила,почему
роза завяла. Ей печальноответили, что цветы больше не будут
распускатьсяицвестивихгороде.8. Толькобездельникимогут
забытьопорученииичувствоватьсебяспокойно.9.Откровенно
говоря,онбылвынужденнарушитьсвоеобещаниерадиеесвобо
ды,зачтоонсамипострадал.
1.“Letmetellyou…joke,”hesaid.—“Is…jokefunny?”—
shewondered.2.…loveis…compromise.3.Lucydidn’tfollow…
newtrendsin…fashionandeveryoneconsideredherbehind…age.
3.Friendsdecidednever topartfor…wholeworld.4.TheMiller’s
sonwentto…schooleveryday.5.In…returnofhisservicesthey
tookhimon…cruise.6.…realfriendsshouldhaveeverythingin…
common. 7. My parents often used to tell me that … generosity is
theessenceoffriendship.
1.The car,Matilda’sfather(sell)MissTrunchbull,was inabad
condition.2.TheMiller(visit)LittleHanseverytimehe(pass)byhis
house.3.Monksnever(be)married.4.Ifyou(notmend)theroof,the
furniture(get)damp.5.Wouldyoumind(carry)theluggageforme?
6.Disobedientchildren(cry)inacheeryvoicewhiletheteacher(talk)
totheheadmaster.7.He(can)notwalkproperlybecause he (break)
hislegwhenhe(fall)offaladder.8.Onnoaccountshouldone(be)
idleinhardtimes.9.Walkingpasttheroomhe(overhear)theconver
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sationwhich(impress)himgreatly.Atrsthe(notwant)topayatten
tiontoitbuthe(trouble)hisheadaboutsomethinghe(hear).
1.Kidsdonotseetheuse…going…school.2.Theypromised…
eachotherthattheywouldnotbeunfaithful…thewholeworld.3.…
thelecturestudentsaresupposedtotake…theirnotebooksinforma
tiongiven…thelecturer.4.…theheadoftheprocessiontherewere
members … the TradeUnion. 5. Sitting … the replace … a cold
winterdayissomethingthatIoftenrememberdoing…mychildhood.
6.Thenyouare quite…the age.7.I heardavery interestingstory
theother day… a criticwho waswalking … the pond …a young
journalist.7.Iwouldn’tbeunfriendly…thewholeworld.8.…her
childhood she used to take … in a notebook all kinds of beautiful
things…friendship.
1.You will never be in the best society
.2.Loveisallvery well initsway,butfriendshipis
. 3. always says unpleasant things, and
doesnotmindgivingpain.4.Thereisnogoodinmygoingtoseelittle
Hansaslong.5.neverforgets.
1.Everyone must makea beginning, andparents cannot betoo
patient.2.Realfriendsshouldhaveeverythingincommon.3.Flouris
onething,andfriendshipisanother,andtheyshouldnotbeconfused.
4.Generosityistheessenceoffriendship.5.Whenpeopleareintroub
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letheyshouldbeleftaloneandnotbebotheredbyvisitors.6.Envyis
amostterriblething,andwouldspoilanybody’snature.7.Idlenessis
agreatsin.8.Onealwayssuffersforbeinggenerous.
What is your favourite one? Tellyour
groupmatesafewwordsaboutthefairytaleyoulikedmost.Whatis
soparticularaboutitthatappealstoyou?Isitthefairytalewithamor
al?Doyouagree with thestatementthatsome fairytalesaremeant
forchildrenorappeartobemeantforchildren.OscarWildesaidabout
hisfairytalesthattheyare“written,notforchildren,butforchildlike
peoplefromeighteentoeighty!”
Who do you thinkhas the prima
ry role of bringing up children: parents or teachers? Do the list all
thepros&consofbothpointsofviewandhavearoundtabletalkwith
yourclassmatesdiscussingtheproblemofpoorupbringingofmodern
children.
1.What is the Duck’s and theWaterrat’sview of parenthood?
2.WhatistheWaterrat’sideaoffriendship?3.Whatfactsshowthat
the Miller was a bad friend? 4. What social classes did the Miller
andlittleHans belongto? Do youthink friendshipbetweenthem is
possible?5.DoyouthinktheMillerenviedlittleHans?Doyoufeel
sympathyforlittleHans?6.WhatreasonsdidtheMillerusetomake
littleHansworkforhim?7.WhatdidlittleHansdotoremainfriends
withtheMiller?WhatdidhethinkoftheMiller?8.Whominthestory
toldbytheLinnetdoestheWaterratidentifywith?9.TheMillersaid
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thatlittleHansdidn’tunderstandthepoetryoflife.Whatdidhemean?
Doyou understand it?10. What isyour ideaof friendship? Doyou
thinkfriends should sacriceeverything forthesake ofeach other?
11.Whydoyouthinkthenarrator,presumablyO.Wildehimself,con
cludedthefairytalesayingthathequiteagreeswiththeDuck?
Why in your opinion were animals and birds chosen
forthestory?MakecharactersketchesoftheoldWaterrat,theDuck,
theLinnet.Drawtheparallel.
a)LittleHans’sdailyroutine.b)TheMiller’slifeandhisfamily.
c)LittleHans’sunderstandingoffriendship.d)The Miller’sattitude
tofriendsandlittleHans.
1.TheWaterratandtheDuck.2.TheMillerandhisWifeabout
LittleHans3.TheMiller’syoungestsonandhisparents.4.TheMiller
andlittleHansaboutthewheelbarrow.
“There is no such thing as a good inf
luence. All inuence is immoral — immoral from the scientic point
of view”.Inyouropinionwhosebehaviorinthestorycouldbecharac
terizedasmoral/immoral?
1.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.2.Gardeningcanberewar
dingandsatisfying.3.“OscarWildeismorecomplexthanhelooks
atrstglance”(RobertKeithMiller).
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garden-
ing hobbyA hobby thatallowsthem toget
in touch with the earth and themselves. What is a popular hobby
inRussia?Doyoungpeopleliketoworkinthegardenandgrowplants
and owers? What about gardening as a source of income? Think
ofthepros&consofgardeningandhavearoundtabletalkwithyour
groupmatesdiscussingthisissue.
Dosomeresearch.Chooseoneowerandspeakaboutitinclass.
Whatareyourfavouriteowers?Why?
Tryto nd
EnglishproverbsandsayingsandsupplythemwithRussianequiva
lents.Commentoneach.
Dosomeresearchandtry
tondstoriesorfairytaleseitherinEnglishorinRussianwithamoral
similartothestoryoftheDevotedFriend.
Sharethemwithyourgroupmates.Discusstheminclass.
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Robert Harris
PRIME MINISTER: Withyour permission Mr Speaker, I wish
tomakeastatementtotheHouseregardingcertainincidentsofaper
sonalnature.Someoftheseincidentshave,inthepastfewdays,en
teredthe publicdomain in alurid and form,and anumber
of my ministerial colleagues have urged me to take the rst avai
lableopportunitytosettherecordstraight.This,withtheindulgence
oftheHouse,Inowproposetodo.
At approximately ve o’clock last Friday afternoon I left No.
10DowningStreetasusualtotraveltothePrimeMinister’sofcial
country residence at Chequers for the weekend. The party consis
ted of two cars. The advance car contained myself, a duty secre
taryfromtheDowningStreetstaff,adriver,andaprotectionofcer
fromtheMetropolitanPolice.Thebackupvehiclecontainedthreead
ditionalprotectionofcers.
Forseveralyearsithasbeenmypracticetotakeadvantageoflong
carjourneysasanopportunitytowork.Amongthedocumentswhich
hadbeenpreparedformyattentiononthisoccasion was the weekly
digestofpresscoveragecompiledformebymyChiefPressSecretary.
I have arranged for a copy of this document, which carries no
securityrestriction,tobeplacedintheLibraryoftheHouse.Honour
ableMemberswhoconsultitwillseethatitconveysfrankly,andwith
detailedquotation,thewholespectrumofpresscommentaboutmy
selfasithadappearedinthepreviousweek’snewspapers.Thecom
ment was, as usual, robust; some might say robust in the extreme.
However,Ihavealwaystakentheviewthatafreepressisanessential
elementofafreesociety,andthat,ifyouareinpubliclife,youmust,
as Kipling has it, ‘... bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted
byknavestomakeatrapforfools,...’
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TheroutetakentoChequersisfrequentlyvariedforsecurityrea
sons,anditis notofcialpolicyto disclose it.ThereforeIshallnot
dosonow.Sufceittosaythatthetrafcheading westoutofLon
donon this particularevening was unusuallyheavy,even for a wet
Fridayeveninginthe,andthat,afteranhour
oftravelling,wehadmanagedtoproceedonlyasfaralongtheA40as
theGreenfordRoundabout,adistanceofsomesevenmiles.
Itwasatthispoint—thatis,atapproximately6p.m.—thatIbe
gantofeelunwell.Theprincipalsymptomwasoneofacute,
broughton, nodoubt, bythe effortof tryingto readin a car which
wasrepeatedlystoppingandstarting.Ineededfreshair.Unfortunately,
forsecurityreasons,thewindowsofmyofcialcararenotdesigned
toopen.Iputasidethepressdigestanddirectedmyprotectionofcers
to pull in to the next available service station, informing them that
Ineededtousethelavatory.Thisrequestwasradioedtothebackup
carandafewmomentslaterweturnedofftheA40ontotheforecourt
ofwhatInowknowtobetheGreenfordParkServiceStation.
I must emphasize that the responsibility for what followed is
mine,andminealone.Noblameshouldbeattachedtomyprotection
ofcers,whobehavedthroughoutintheirusualexemplaryandprofes
sionalmanner.Havingcheckedthatthegentleman’slavatorywasun
occupied,andhavingsecuredtheareaimmediatelyinfrontofit,itwas
onmyexpressordersthattheyremainedoutsidewhilstIwentinside,
lockingthedoorbehindme.Nobodyelsewaspresent.
Severalnewspapershavedescribedwhatfollowedasa‘moment
ofmadness’. It would be more accurate, MrSpeaker,to describe it
as a series of small but logical steps, whose cumulative effect was
toprovefateful.OnenteringthecubicleInoticedthatbehindthelava
torybasinwasawindow.Thiswindowwasslightlyopen.Bystanding
onthelavatoryseat,Idiscoveredthatitwaspossibletoopenthewin
dowfully.I wasthus able tobring my face into contact with some
muchneededair.Onlythendiditoccurtomethattheaperturewas,
infact,justlargeenoughfortheinsertionofmyheadandshoulders.
Astheairwashavingabenecialeffect,thisprospectseemedappea
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ling.UnfortunatelyIthenmadewhatwastoprovearegrettablemis
calculationwithregardtomycentreofgravity.Questionshavebeen
asked about the failure of my protection ofcers to hear the noise
ofmy exit viathe window,butI canassurethe Housethat the roar
ofthenearbytrafconthewetroadwasmorethansufcienttodrown
outanysoundImayhavemade.
Ileft thelavatory ina headrst position and itwas this,rather
thananysubsequentevent—andcontrarytoreportsinthemedia—
thatproducedtheslightbruisingandabrasionsstillvisibleonmyface
andhands.
ItmaybethatIwasbymy
descent.Icannotrecall.IfIwas,itwascertainlyonlyforafewmo
ments.Uponrisingtomyfeet,Ifoundmyselfinasmallarea,enclosed
bywallsonthreesides.Tomyleftwasagapleadingtoanautomatic
carwashingmachine.Honourablememberswillunderstandthat,gi
venthetimeofyear,itwasnowquitedark.Ihadalsolostacontact
lens.Findingthe spaceinwhich I wasstandingclaustrophobic, and
feelingslightlygroggyfromtheeffectsofmyfall,Iventuredoutalong
thesideofthecarwash.Asthevariousdiagramsprintedinthepress
haveshown,Iwas now invisiblefromtheforecourt, and itwasthis
routewhich,aschancewouldhave it, ledmeawayfromthegarage
andoutontoaneighbouringstreet.
I have learned subsequently that my protection ofcers waited
twoor three minutesbefore rst knockingon thelavatorydoor and
then,onreceivingnoreply,breakingitdown.Bythen,however,Iwas
severalhundredyardstothesouth.Therewas,Irepeat,nothingthey
couldhavedone,andnoblameattachestotheminthisregard.
Atthisstageof the evening,asIamsure theHousewillappre
ciate, I had no particular plan in mind. It may well be that I was
slightlyconcussed.Atanyevent,Iwascontentsimplytofollowmy
footstepswheretheyledme,enjoyingtherefreshingsensationofthe
damp night air.Ferrymead Gardens took me to Millet Road which
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